Golf-tee maker



T. J. OLEARY GOLF TEE MAKER May 11 1926.

Original Filed August 4, 1923 7 /207220? J." OZ sang ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented May 11, 1926.

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THOMAS J'. OLEARY, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

GOLF-TEE MAKER.

Application filed August 4, 1923, Serial No. 655,705.

This invention has reference to a golf tee maker, and has for its object to produce a hand operated device including a cup having a hollow staff that terminates in a hand e, a plunger in the cup having a shank that is received in the staff and which is spring influenced in a direction outward of the shaft, said shank being also provided with a laterally extending handle that passes through elongated openings in the stall whereby the operator gripping both of the handles places the cup in the sand box to mold the tee in the cup, and upon release of the spring influenced shank, the plunger will force the tee outof the cup, and whereby tees may be constructed in an easy, accurate and expeditious manner without necessitating the operator placing his hands in the sand.

The fore oing may be accomplished by a construction such as is illustrated by the drawing which accompanies and forms part of this application, and wherein Figure 1 is a general view of a tee maker in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the cup and staff in section.

Figure 8 is a view looking toward the outer end of the plunger.

Preferably my improvement is entirely constructed of metal.

The improvement includes a cup 1 having its inner end rounded and provided with an opening which is surrounded by a tubular staff 2. On the upper or outer end of the staff there is secured a handle 3.

In the cup there is a plunger l. The plunger has its outer face centrally formed with a rounded'boss 5 and may be, and is preferably also formed with a peripheral flange whose inner wall is rounded, as at 6. The outer face of the p-"unger is flat, but the inner face thereof is rounded to conform to the rounded inner face of the cup. Centrally secured on the plunger 4 there is a tubular shank 7. Between the outer and closed end of the staff and the upper and closed end of the shank there is a helical spring 8 which influences the plunger 4 outwardly through the cup. The staff, at a suitable distance below the spring 8 is provided with oppositely arranged elongated Renewed December 29, 1925.

slots or openings 9, and through the shank 7 and likewise through the openings 9 there is passed pin 10. The pin is in the nature of a handle and is disposed in sufllciently c ose relation with respect to the handle 3 to permit of the o1 erator grasping the handle 3 between his thumb and outer fingers and to permit of his remaining fingers grasping the handle 7. A. pressure will raise the plunger in the cup so that when the cup is inserted in the sand box the cup will be filled with the sand and a tee will .be moldec in the cup. A pressure is maintained between the handles 3 and 10 until the device is conveyed to the proper place where the tee is to he positioned. The handle 10 is then and the spring 8 will force the plunger at outwardlf, of the cup 1. The tee, molded in the cup 1., will have its upper corners rounded and its top provided with a concavity made by the boss 5, and in this concavity'the golf ball will snugly rest.

It is thought that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawing will. fully set forth the construction and advantages of the improvement to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate and that further detailed description will not be required.

Having described clam:-

ln a golf tee maker, a cup having its rounded top centrally provided with an opening which is surrounded by atubular stall which is slotted, a handle on the outer end of the staff, a p unger in the cup whose inner wall is rounded, said plunger having its inner face rounded to coengage with the rounded upper face of the cup, a shank on the inner face of the plunger snugly received in the staff, a spring exerting a tension upon the shank to move the same and the plunger outwardly of the cup, and a laterally arranged handle passing through the shank and through the openings in the staff disposed in close proximity to the handle of the staff and by virtue of the contact of said plunger handle with the lower walls of the openings limiting the outward movement of the plunger through the cup.

THOMAS J. OLEARY.

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